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TalkBack / Re: Mario And Luigi Series Developer AlphaDream Declares Bankruptcy

« on: October 02, 2019, 10:36:51 PM »

I played some of Paper Jam, but I wasn't very fond of it.  I did like Superstar Saga and I think I enjoyed Bowser's Inside Story.  That's the one where you fight with a giant Bowser sometimes?

That being said, Nintendo should have the cash reserves to scoop them up, if they want to.  The question is, do they want to?  I think the Switch has enough support where Nintendo doesn't need to add a new team, but could still probably hire a lot of their talent to supplement existing teams.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Tour is gonna be a no from me, dawg

« on: October 02, 2019, 10:29:42 PM »

Might have a hit on our hands.

Mario Kart Tour makes $12.7 million on 90 million downloads

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: October 02, 2019, 10:25:07 PM »

I'm generally in support of student-athletes getting paid.  They're essentially employees of the school.  The "scholarship" argument has always been weak to me since some players have two a day practices during the week and/or separate gym workouts, leaving little room for classes and studying.  To the point where most of the student-athletes don't have the capacity for a "real" major (i.e., one that would push them into a career that suits their skills).  Also, not one fan of college football even gives a **** about their education.  Not once during a press conference does anyone think "those kids should be studying".  So how are they supposed to take it seriously?  The scholarships can also be taken away for injuries, forcing the student-athletes to pay for their own medical expenses as well as their education.

But the idea that students couldn't benefit from their own likeness was always the most absurd to me.  Others are benefiting from the work of students and jerseys are even sold with their jersey numbers.  But heaven forbid anyone give the kid with a 3500 calorie /day requirement and extra sandwich because he's recognizable.

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Movies & TV / Re: Disney & Sony make up!! Spider-Man back in the MCU!!!.... For now.

« on: October 02, 2019, 10:06:57 PM »

"With great power, comes great responsibility."

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 641: Controversial Goose Takes

« on: September 30, 2019, 01:17:59 AM »

I notice. I care.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Tour is gonna be a no from me, dawg

« on: September 30, 2019, 12:53:40 AM »

I may give it a download, but honestly Pokemon Masters is enough phone game for me at the moment.  It definitely freed me from the stockholm syndrome of Dr. Mario World.

Update: I tried the tutorial, didn't like the controls.  May try it again in the future, tbd.  I put it in a folder, so I might not feel the urge.

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Movies & TV / Re: The Batman

« on: September 29, 2019, 11:09:11 PM »

Long Halloween could be a great place to start if you wanna universe build, since it covers so much existing territory.  I'm actually really excited they're going the detective route because that's Batman's best trait: he's a fucking genius.  That almost never gets portrayed in film.  Long Halloween would probably make for a better mini-series though.  But maybe they'll just make a 3.5 hour movie and throw in an intermission.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Website, Sports, Bitcoin, Sex

« on: September 28, 2019, 02:23:09 PM »

Huh? This isn't where I put my investigative journalism articles.  Better see myself out.

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Movies & TV / Re: Anime World Report: Anime is happening! Let's get the ball Crunchyroll-ing!

« on: September 28, 2019, 02:21:25 PM »

Oh, wow! Thanks for the posts, Broodwars!  They were very informative.  I'm honestly shocked such prices are sustainable when piracy is an option.

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Movies & TV / Re: The Batman

« on: September 28, 2019, 02:13:20 PM »

Fat Jonah Hill has the look for Penguin, but the comedic chops for Riddler.  Skinny Jonah Hill has a better look for Riddler, but could probably do Penguin better.  He's kinda stuck. :/

As for Jeffrey Wright, he should do mustache with five o'clock shadow.  That's the optimal Detective Gordon look.  The mustache is a choice, but the beard should look like a consequence of a job that keeps him at work for 18 hours a day.

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: September 25, 2019, 02:23:12 PM »

Yeah, but isn't there some player responsibility for falling for the tampering?  It takes two to deal, even if under the table, so the player would then be receiving some punishment, even if temporary.  The player in question would likely have to sign a one-year deal, way under value, and then re-enter free agency.

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Movies & TV / Re: Anime World Report: Anime is happening! Let's get the ball Crunchyroll-ing!

« on: September 25, 2019, 01:46:28 PM »

Is there a video of Aniplex and their evils?  My only familiarity with them is hearing the name after some animes.  I don't subscribe to any anime-specific streaming services and mostly just feed on the scraps from Hulu and Netflix.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Untitled Goose Game: The Goose Is Loose!

« on: September 25, 2019, 01:38:54 PM »

Has anyone else played it yet?  I played the first half and it's really fun.  I've been getting suck on some of the puzzles, but finding solutions feels pretty rewarding.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Tour is gonna be a no from me, dawg

« on: September 25, 2019, 01:36:32 PM »

I may give it a download, but honestly Pokemon Masters is enough phone game for me at the moment.  It definitely freed me from the stockholm syndrome of Dr. Mario World.

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General Chat / Re: NBA Thread: about to take our talents to Brooklyn

« on: September 23, 2019, 03:05:28 PM »

Voiding contracts is the only way you'll really enforce tampering rules, I'm afraid.  A fine is payable, and who cares about draft picks if you're not a lottery team?  They're not particularly valuable assets if you already have the guys you want.  But making a bunch of moves to sign a player, getting caught, and losing that player and whatever you might've given up to sign them would hit teams where it hurts.  That's a multi-season impact.

That being said, I really wanna know how egregious this was.  Were there a lot of "outside benefits"? What were they, exactly? And how influential were they on the player's decision making?

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Movies & TV / Re: Disney+

« on: September 23, 2019, 02:56:44 PM »

Am I already in the Founders Circle for pre-paying for 3 years of the service?

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: September 22, 2019, 08:52:54 PM »

Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw

I was somewhat excited for this movie.  I think my appreciation for the F&F franchise is well-enough documented.  The thing about this spin-off is that it always feels like something is missing.  Maybe it was Dom and the rest of the regulars, but something really felt off about it.  There was also a lot of deus x machina in the movie.  There's one scene where (slight spoiler) Jason Statham sets up The Rock to basically get arrested, but The Rock suddenly gets out of it because "people like me".  There's a lot of other magic/hand waving on how they're able to move between locations.  And the setup for that scene is another, "Don't worry, I happen to have just the thing" scene.  But one thing that really sticks out was that (less slight, more spoiler) The Rock's brother is an engineer who can fix a broken machine and you're told he can fix it, but once you meet him, his whole thing is cars and not a complex, one of a kind, piece of medical equipment.  There's another moment courtesy of a cameo who I would expect to come back in a sequel.

The good parts include the level of sass that is exchanged by the leads.  However, the plot is basically paused to bring you the exchanges most of the time.  The action scenes are good, but there's maybe a smidge too much slow motion and too much shaky-cam.  The bad guy was pretty good except there was a little too much "secret organization that secretly rules the world!", which is something I'm not a fan off.  Like, they exert a level of control that is beyond practical for any evil organization.  Normally, it's the cartoon-ish things that I like, this felt like lazy writing in order to silo the protagonists into a situation where they then lazily hand waived out of when needed.

All in all, the action's good, the locales are cool enough (London has been done to death, Russia was barely seen, but Samoa was very pretty to look at), and the dialogue is there.  It's just missing a few things regular F&F movies have.

6.5/10

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Movies & TV / Re: Disney & Sony Fighting results in MCU losing Spider-Man!!!

« on: September 22, 2019, 08:30:22 PM »

I think that is far fetched. It would mean Sony would need to sell to Apple and regulators would need to allow it. That seems too risky.

I’d be inclined to agree had Comcast not bought NBC Universal, AT&T not merged with TimeWarner, and especially Disney not bought Fox.

The only major block in recent memory was AT&T/T-Mobile, IIRC.  But that was a while ago.  The current admin (please don't ban me) seems more lax than usual on the anti-trust side.

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General Chat / Re: Official NFL Discussion: F**k Everything, Nation Declares

« on: September 22, 2019, 08:24:00 PM »

I guess that depends on how his case goes.  That guy sure had one hell of a summer.

And I get the point he was trying to make, but most of the people he named piped down for a bit after their accusations.  They didn't go creating more public spectacle.

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General Chat / Re: Mandela Effect

« on: September 20, 2019, 12:45:31 AM »

Have you tried watching that episode again?

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: September 16, 2019, 03:05:54 PM »

Hateful Eight had a long run time, but honestly, the intermission was incredibly welcome.  I may have said this before, but there are some movies that I think would be better served to be longer with intermissions than shorter.  Like the last two Hunger Games movies or Avengers Endgame.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the 3DS eShop: Virtual Console. Game Boy - Part 2.

« on: September 16, 2019, 03:01:04 PM »

I don't think there's any point in playing the original Metroid II when the 3DS version exists.

As for Pokemon, they're tough to recommend because of how they've aged.  Plus, there's the GBA remakes, which are better/(slightly) more modern and Pokemon Let's Go, which is a remake of Yellow, but it takes things to a weird place at times.  I would still recommend if you don't mind older RPGs.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: September 16, 2019, 02:46:51 PM »

Yeah, QT has gotten some backlash for his use of it.  It'd be less weird if he wasn't the one saying it in his films all the time.  Characters, sure, but he doesn't always need to play those characters.

Still, I like his films.  The other hard-R about them is the ratings, which can also be off-putting to people and understandably so.

And Hateful Eight and Django round out my top 3 QT films.  They're all great for separate reasons too.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Best of the 3DS eShop: Virtual Console. Game Boy - Part 1.

« on: September 14, 2019, 09:45:14 PM »

Everyone's covered DK '94, so I'll vouch for Kirby's Block Ball.  I had it as a kid and it was always really fun.  However, my memories of it and Kirby's Pinball Land are kinda mixed up, but I'm pretty sure I had a lot of fun with both.

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Movies & TV / Re: Hey! DC's got stuff too... (Official Thread for the DCU of Movies and TV)

« on: September 14, 2019, 01:07:05 AM »

Pretty interesting cast; it's kind of all over the place. I do look forward to not seeing John Cena in it.